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Faculty & Research | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Hui at Boston Ballet By: Edward H. Chang, David Allen and Annelena Lobb September 2024 | Faculty Research This case asks how Ming Min Hui, the newly appointed executive director of Boston Ballet, should... View Details
  • April 2009
  • Case

Young Presidents' Organization

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, John D. Macomber and David Chen
The board of Young Presidents' Organization needs to decide on the future of its Networks Initiative, designed to connect its geographically dispersed membership base through 60 different interest-based networks. So far, one half of these networks have been considered... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizations; Social and Collaborative Networks
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Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

performance through accountability and governance. Video Recording How Climate Is Central to Every Business Faculty Moderator: George Serafeim (DBA 2010) , Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration Speakers: Shirley Lu ,... View Details
  • July 2009 (Revised June 2011)
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Dharavi: Developing Asia's Largest Slum (A)

By: Lakshmi Iyer, John D. Macomber and Namrata Arora
Maharashtra state is accepting bids to redevelop Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia. A real estate developer assesses the risks and tenders a bid. The bid conditions include providing new free housing to tens of thousands of slum dwellers, which is anticipated to be... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Development Economics; Housing; Urban Development; Emerging Markets; Social Issues; Business and Government Relations; Real Estate Industry; Mumbai
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  • November 2023
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Gabon Special Economic Zone

By: John Macomber and Wale Lawal
Tropical rain forest covers about 80% of the West African nation of Gabon, part of the Congo Basin and the "lungs of the world." Gabon is one of the first nations to earn revenue from carbon sequestration...as long as the rain forest remains intact. There are... View Details
Keywords: Economic Development; Forestry; Wood; Carbon Credits; Supply Chain; Economic Growth; Developing Countries and Economies; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Government Administration; Business and Government Relations; Strategy; Forest Products Industry; Africa; Gabon
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Africa - Global

Region September 2024 Case InfraCredit and the Project Inception Facility By: John Macomber , Namrata Arora and Maagatha Kalavadakken Around the... View Details
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Finance Curriculum - Faculty & Research

interest and different legal/regulatory rules. MBA Elective Curriculum (SECOND YEAR) Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits Cities, Structures, and Climate Shocks John... View Details
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Finance - Faculty & Research

Harvard Business Publishing September–October 2024 Article Should a Family Business Accept a Returning Daughter’s Radical Proposal? By: John D. Macomber October 2024 Case Sacoor Brothers: From Co-Family CEOs... View Details
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

collaboration and innovation between HBS and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences View Details
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Courses - Entrepreneurship

under General Management) John Batter Spring 2024 Q3Q4 3.0 Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job (MDD) (also listed under General Management and Technology & Operations Management) Amy... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

practitioners worldwide. Because it is such a complex phenomenon, entrepreneurship must be studied through multiple lenses. We use three. The process of entrepreneurship - We seek to understand the processes of entrepreneurial activity in start-ups View Details
  • 15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15

damaging to the academic enterprise. We surveyed over 2,000 psychologists about their involvement in questionable research practices, using an anonymous elicitation format supplemented by incentives for honest reporting. The impact of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2012
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An Intellectual Capital: Some Influential HBS Ideas, at a Glance

Civilization (1933) and Roethlisberger’s Management and the Worker (1939) document. 1948 Research Center in Entrepreneurial History launched at HBS by Harvard economist View Details
Keywords: Professor Elton Mayo: Professor Fritz Roethlisberger; George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business, Professor Emeritus Ray A. Goldberg; Professor Abraham Zaleznik; Professor Alfred Chandler; Professor Michael Porter; Professor Robert S. Kaplan; Professor Michael C. Jensen; Professor C. Roland Christensen; Professor Robert Menton; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
  • July–August 2013
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Building Sustainable Cities

By: John D. Macomber
By 2050 the number of people living in cities will have nearly doubled, to 6 billion, and the problems created by this rampant urbanization are among the most important challenges of our time. Of all resource-management issues, the author argues, water, electricity,... View Details
Keywords: Growth Management; Urban Development; Entrepreneurship; Infrastructure; City
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  • 2003
  • Conference Paper

Follow the Money: What Really Drives Technology Innovation in Construction

By: John D. Macomber
Technology enthusiasts, academics, and software companies remain concerned about the slow pace of innovation in the construction industry. Tools are widely available that seem to provide eminently sensible and clearly apparent improvement to the process of design and... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Technological Innovation; Construction; Design; Performance Improvement; Motivation and Incentives; Knowledge Management; Adoption; Business Model; Capital Structure; Supply Chain
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Events - Business & Environment

Evening with Professor John Macomber Organizers: HBS Africa Research Center 14 AUG 2024 | Kampala, Uganda Open to HBS Alumni The world and the African continent are rapidly... View Details
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Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work

employers must “do the math” when it comes to care. By not accounting for costs like reduced productivity and increased turnover, employers leave money on the table when it comes to care. Related Research... View Details
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Courses | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Professor Benjamin N. Roth; Assistant Professor Natalia Rigol Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders (Spring Q3Q4) Professor Robert Simons Cities, Structures, and Climate Shocks (Fall Q1Q2) Senior Lecturer View Details
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Podcast - Business & Environment

cities and businesses need to prepare for climate change. That means changing how they do business today and in the future, but there’s potential for big financial benefits with change, too. Rachel Cleetus... View Details
  • 01 Feb 2001
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What Makes a Good Leader

of the 21st century. by Deborah Blagg and Susan Young Name: John Kotter, Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership Director: HBS Global Leadership Initiative Most recent... View Details
Keywords: Management